Improvement in railroad-ties



G. HANSHAW. Railroad Ties.

No. 218,878. Patented Aug. 26,1879.

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ATTORNEY lLPirERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. u ,G.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHAUNOEY HANSHAW, or DRYDEN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT-1N RAILROAD-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,878,

.. July 11, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHAUNCEY HANSHAW, of the town of Dryden, in thecounty of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same,referenc'e being had to the accompanying drawing,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forms a part ofthis specification.

My improved tie is made of iron or steel; and each tie consists of twosections secured together side by side.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a plan view of a section of arailroad-track, showing my improved tie with rails laid and securedthereon as when in use.

The rails are represented by A A. T Trepresent the ties, each tieconsisting of the double iron or steel plates B B. These plates B B aresecured together by key 0,,driven under and between the clips orfasteners a a and securely fastened.

The rails are firmly secured to the ties by means of the clips 0 c,which are raised high enough to catch the flanges of the railbase.

The clips 0 c are so arranged that those upon a single section, B, ofthe tie are turned in the same direction, but in an opposite directionto those upon the adjacent section of the same tie, and so placed thatwhen the rails A A are put in position the clip at one end of a'section, B, secures the outer flange of the rail dated August 26, 1879;application filed upon that side of the track, while the clip at theother end of the same section secures the inner flange of the oppositerail.

The advantages of this invention over the wooden tie, both as tostability and durability, are apparent. There is no decay of wood orloosening of spikes; and by the arrangement of the clips 0 c rails canbe removedand replaced with great ease and dispatch. By removing the key0 of a single tie and slightly moving a single section, B, of the tielongitudinally, either rail resting upon such tie is released, and canbe readily taken out.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A double metallicrailroad-tie, T, consisting of the two sections B B, secured togetherwith key 0 and having the clips at a and c c, all made and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A railroad-tie consisting of two adjust-able iron or steel plates, BB, secured together and having the rail-clips c c, substantially asdescribed.

3. The double metallic railroad-tie T, having clips 0 c and a a, incombination with key 0, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

OHAUNOEY HANSHAVV.

Witnesses:

R. H. DUELL, GEO. B. JoNEs.

